Show-card-stenciling device



H. L. FISCHER SHOW CARD STENGILINGDEVICE 3 May 4,1926.

- Filed Feb. 15, 1926 Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT o FICE.

HOWARD L. FISCHER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOB TO AGNES HICKEY, OF

' ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHOW CARD-STENCILING- DEVICE.

Application filed February '10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD L. FISCHER, a citizen of the United. States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Show-Card-Stenciling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements to show card stenciling devices wherein it is designed to provide a stenciling apparatus having a condensed and compact nature, and wherein stencils may be carried together with material to be stenciled on and also stenciling brushes and paint.

This application is designed to carry out the principles and functions set .forth in my application Serial 659,966 for show card. and stenciling devices and in this construe tion I provide a simple stenciling device which can be made economically, yet having all of the featuresnecessary to provide a complete and compact stenciling cabinet.

7 v A feature of the invention resides in providing a cabinet wherein the stencils, the clamping member for holding the material to be stenciled, together with the tray means Y for supporting the stenciling paint and brushes and other material may be contained in a compact nature. This construction permits the manufacture of a simple, inexpensive stenciling cabinet, complete in itself, having means of folding in manner to conceal the stencils and stenciling material in a neat and compact manner.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide a particular clamping means for holding the work to be stenciled, which is operated by lever means which engages with the stenciling cabinet when the same is held in open position and which is ope-rable to permit the releasing of the clamping member by moving the cabinet in a perpendicular or forwardly inclined position.

The clamping member is supported on the cover of the cabinet, being pivoted in a manner so that the lever projecting from the same is adapted to engage the cabinet in a manner so that the cabinet when moved in a backward or inclined position will force the clamping against the work table to hold the material firmly thereon. 1V hen the cabinet is moved forwardly "it automatically releases the clamping member from the work table. permitting the work beneath th 15, 1926. Serial No. 88,408.

clamping member'to be moved as may be desired.

The simplicity of my stenciling device is important, having a small number of cooperating parts which are adapted to be moved automatically into operating position when the cabinet is opened and having automatic means for releasing the clamp and causing the same to fold concealed within" the cabinet.

These features, together with other objects of the invention, will be more fully and particularly set forth and pointed out in the following specification and claims:

In the drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view of my cabinet in closed position, having the operating parts concealed therein.

F gure 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet n open position ready for operation.-

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a detail partly in section, illustrating the cover holding and hinging means. In the drawings my stenciling cabinet A is designed to provide a compact device wherein the stencils may be completely enclosed to protect the same and to enclose the clamping mechanism.

The cabinet A is formed with a rectanguv lar compartment or casing 10, to which is pivotally secured the cover 11 by means of the hinges 12. These hinges are made in the form of a bracket being attached at 13 to the cover and pivotally secured at 14 to the body 10 of the cabinet A.

The cover 11 of my cabinet A is adapted to form the work table on the inner surface 15 of the same, so that articles to be stenciled may be'laid out fiat upon this table which, when in open position, as illustrated in Fit;- ures 2 and 3, extends out from the froiit of the cabinet A. and forms a support to hold the body of the cabinet'lO inupright position with the inner compartment 16 of the same exposed and open.

Vithin the compartment 16 I provide a stencil holding tray 17 in whichtlie stencils 18 are adapted to be supported in the ordinary manner. This permits the stencils to be readily accessible when the cabinet is in open. position, as illustrated in Figure 2. Brojecting from the tray 17 I provide a shelf 19 on which the paint. jars may be supported together with stenciling brushes and other articles used in connection with making stencil copies with my show card stenciling device.

The cover 11 is adapted to support the clamping mechanism B. The clamping mechanism B is made up of a longitudinally extending clamping bar 20, which is'supported one end of the arms 21 in a manner so as to project across the work table 15 of the cover 11. By means of supporting brackets 22 the supporting arms 21 are pivotal] y held to the work table.

The free ends 23 of the arms 21 are adapted to extend into the compartment 16 of the cabinet A; in a manner so that when the body of the cabinet is in slightly backwardly inclined position, as illustrated in Figure 3, the clamping bar 21 is held clamped against the work surface of the cover 11. By these means in construction the body of the cabinet A is adapted to hold the clamping bar 20 sufiiciently tight against the work table 15 so that material may be readily clamped firmly beneath the same while it is being stenciled. The free ends 23 of the arms 21 are positioned in a manner to operate in conjunction with the stop members 24, which are positioned in the compartment 16, so as to project outwardly from the sides of the ends of the cabinet to engage these free ends 23 to cause the arms 21 to be lifted when the body, cabinet A, is moved forward or into a perpendicular position, as illustrated in Figure 3, or during the act of closing the cabinet A. This permits the lifting of the clamping bar 20 as soon as the stops 2% press against the free ends 23 of the arms 21, releasing; the work beneath the bar 20. The arms 21 are of a material to provide sufficient spring or resiliency so that a slight spring pressure may be exerted against the clamping bar 20 when the cabinet body 10 is moved back- .vardly so that the edge 25 of the cabinet A bears against the under side of the arms 21 adjacent to the free ends thereof.

The hinge supporting brackets 12 are adapted to position the cover and work table in a manner so as to provide a space 26 between the surface 15 of the work table and the lower edge 27 of the cabinet A. This permits streamers and articles of practically any length to be passed through the clan'iping means B and beneath the cabinet A.

The simple inexpensive construction of my stenciling device provides a stenciling cabinet of a very desirable nature, having a small number of parts which can be inanufactured economically and of small dimensions if .it is desired or of any suitable size to take large or small stencils, thereby providing a very desirable stenciling means and apparatus.

The cover 11 adapted to be held in a set position or in frictional engagement with the body 10 by the bracket hinges 12 which are pivotally attached at 1%. The pivotal attachment 1a of the hinges 12 is of a construction provided with an adjusting thumb nut 28 which can be tightened so as to increase or decrease the friction between the hingel2 and the body of the stenoiling cabinet. The function of this means of securing the same is to permit the body 10 to be held in a set position in operation of the device.

The important feature of this invention resides in the automatic operation of the clamping means by the tilting of the body or cabinet of my stenciling device. In other words, the cabinet when tilted operates the clamping bar. either into clamping engagement with the work table or disengaging it from the same so as to release any material clamped beneath the same, thereby providing a simple, inexpensive construction for a stenciling device.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my show card stenciling device and I have endeavored to illustrate in the drawings the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that these illustrations are only suggestive and that the invention can be applied to other uses and carried out by other means than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A show card stenciling device comprising, a cabinet, a cover adapted to provide a work table for stenciling, and clamping member associated with said cover, said clamping member being designed to operate automatically into engagement with the cover table when said cabinet is opened.

2. A show card stenciling device including,a body portion adapted to form an enclosure for a series of stencils, a clamping means to be enclosed within said body portion, and means for operating said clamping means automatically by opening said body portion and causing said body portion to bear against said clamping-means operating means.

3. A stenciling cabinet including, body portion adapted to enclose the stenciling apparatus, a cover portion, a work table, a clamping member, means for supporting said clamping member, and means for causing said clamping member to engage the work table under tension to hold the material to be stenciled thereon when the cabinet is open.

stenciling device including, acabinet adapted to enclose a series of stencils, a cover, means for hinging said cover to said cabinet in a manner to provide a space beneath the body of the cabinet to permit articles being stenciled to pass therethrough, and clamping means adapted to be automatically operated by the tilting of said cabinet to release or clamp material beneath the same.

5. A stenciling cabinet including, a body portion, a cover, a clamping member, and means for automatically operating said clamping member by the tilting ofsaid body portion to move said clamping member into operating position or to release the same.

6. A stenoihng device comprising, a work table, a cabinet, a clamping member, and

means for operating said clamping member by the movementof said cabinet.

7. A steneiling device adapted to provide means for supporting a series of stencils including, a cabinet member, a cover member, a clamping member, arms adapted to support said clamping member, and means adapted to support said arms in a manner to be operated by said cabinet to cause said clamping member to move into and out of v operating position.

HOWARD L. FISCHER, 

